House Transportation Committee chairman John Mica says the plan would see the private screeners work under federal supervision. A decision is expected soon after Mayor Villaraigosa’s “Blue Ribbon” panel examining safety protocols at LAX releases its study later this month.

Private screeners are currently used at some U.S. airports, including San Francisco International.

The Transportation Safety Administration is against the plan and says private screeners would actually cost more on average.

I agree with JD. Chris Seden’s report is based upon ADD and shockingly incomplete. We as a country decided that airplanes are too vulnerable to leave security based on competitive market forces. The fact that private security is in place anywhere in the US post-9/11 is surprising to me.

And why the hell did the mayor spend precious dollars on a dumb study like this? It’s not local money but federal dollars at play.